Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-10
BONDS HAND AGAIN.
IT APPEARS IN CERTAIN EoRTH CARO-
LIMA CASES.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of Illicit Distil-
leries- Railroad Notes Personal
Current News Items, &C.


III lNtN NdNt Fiilb was DTWuKNL 70 tOullltt tIE
Auditor 10 collect interest m the special
tax bonds, which In IFS Constitution, rati-
fed in 1875, tine state declined TO N any
way recognize as a Just debt. In another
suit. brought by James u. Temple, OF
Wake county, i. C., directly against tho
state. 10 recover the payment OF the inte-
icst on said bonds, Judges Bond ADD Sey-
mour are divided In opinion-the former
being i'm favor OF Oyerruling aud judge
SEYMOUR Of sustaining the demurrer 1led
10y The Stale OF North Carolina 10 the plain
tn's BIZ. The decision Of Judge Bond,
who l. toe circuit judge, being the iuty-
mcnt Of the court, The state will no douot
appeal
Charles +. Jones was before Craven cOuu-
" superior Court to-day on a motion for 4
new tIial. Last week Jones as convicted
Of Stfangling and drowning his wife, Tempe
: Jones. The motion was argued and the
Judge Oyerrued II. JOnes's counsel gave
notice OF an appeal TO the Supreme Court.
The Solicitor then prayed the judgment OF
ihc court. The Judge thcreCpon sentenced
Joucs to be hanged July Sth.
Reports have been received that the
towns OF Mount Olive, Wayne county
tlookeltoD, Greene county; Albemarle,
stanley county and SeabOsrd, NOrthamp-
ton county. voted for the dry ticket in the
prohibition election.
COUNTBRFEITERS At WORK.
There has been considerable talk about
ihe increase OF cOunterfeiting in North
Carolina. To-day your correspondent in
erviewed United States Marshal V. y.
Richardson, Of this district. "Counler-
iciting is certainly on the increase" said
colonel Richardson. "TherC is much more
If II. and there are also more attempts 10
pass counterfeit coin. The work OF manu-
iacture is mainly confined to silver coins OF
The denomination OF one dollar. The
cOunterieiters appear TO be pretty well
scattered over this district. In the past
tx months six have been captured at va.
ricus points"
AN INCREASE IN ILLICIT DISTIILING.
Marshal Richardson says there is de-
ciced increase i'm illicit distilling in this
district. The mOonshIners appear TO be
disposed to work on a larger scale. 10
Baden county some really large distlleries
nsye been found. The chief counties
wncre the moonsbinlng is done are said to
be Lenoir, Wake, Johnston, Hornet, Gran
| vile, Duplin, and Onslow. There Will not
| ne so much OF it from this time until Sep
| tCmber 1st, as the weather l. so warm that
| the "boer" spoils before fomenting. The
| TALL and spring are the happy seasons for
| the moonshiners. As to their methods OF
| selling their cOntraband liquor, Mlrshal
| Richardson says they retail il through the
| country, generally in wagons, and cell large
| ly on the sly, in prohibition sections espe-
| ciallv. That is their choice field OF opera
| tons, he declares. KInstOn, for instance,
| has for two years been dry" town, ana
| in that section there u an excessive amount
| Of Illicit dIstiling. over fifty distlerie~
have been broken up Ill the past twelve
| months in this district. When asked what
| &c thought was the cause OF the notably
| LARGE increase OF Illicit distilling Marshal
Richardson said he could give no reason
| ave the scarcity OF money. People III
| such times will run greater risks 10 make
| 7opev. People tell the deputies that the
contrlband liquor costs them about a.
| much as :" straight goods" The general
| ,d>rositIon appears TO be TO break up these
| disilleries. That is the drift OF public
| sentiment. OF course. the mOOnshiner'
| have their friends, who stick to them.
PERSONALS.
DIR. Clarke Whittier, the New Engander
| who died last week at the new town he
created and to which he gave bis name, had
| s7j. 900 insurance on his life. His viii pro-
yides that every cent Of this SUN is to be
| sDcpt at Whittier. The town is in Swain
county, and is pretty and picturesque, II l.
laid.
MIR. Wilkinson, Of Durham county, Is q
| NAN on whom misfortune casts its heaviest
.hadows. In three DAYS he has lost three
children by death--a boy OF ten. girl o.
! twelve. and q Girl OF fourteen. They died
IN few hours after disease attacked them.
DR.. Samuel l.. Love, state Auditor un
der Governor Nance's administration, died
Yesterday at Waynesylle; aged seventy.
RAILWAY NEWS.
The WILMINGTON, OnslOw and East Caro-
lima Railway Company makes Application
10 the city Of Wilmington for 10000,
subscription to its capital stock. The roal
ought TO receive liberal support. Ii vii
develop fine and new territory.
Major James W. Wilson, the eminent en-
gineor who planned and built the Western
North Carolina road, i now making sur
ycy for Il railway across the Cum0erland
| mountains.
There is some tails in opposition to th'
| Charleston, Cincinuaiiand CbiraSo railway
more commonly known a. the Ihre'
g." Work progresse actively, however
The road is now consolidated win M
Georgia and Carolina Mijlnd, and :hi
consolidation is reported a. causing SON
| CisSati> faction in certain quarters.
CURRENT NEWS.
Mr.. Alexander Mckenzie, Of RJbe,Ot
county, has suffered loss OF 81 go by tbs
total destruction Of his barns by fire.
1t Is said that another mu'iDy at the peni
Tertiary Is not at all likely, despite th'
fears OF some people. The ringleaders II
the last one, your correspond, mt hears
| were terribly punlshed-nOt brutllly, bat
in way TO show how such breaches o.
discipline would be paiG for.
North Carolina Il always "easily th'
| chief" in the matter OF SENSATIONS. Meek
| louburg county contributes the lat one
Two couples fed from the pOOrhOusc II
| ordor TO be married. samuel Parks (white)
| aged seyenty-siX, fled with Cynthia Parks
| his cousin, a maiden Of sixty -eIght, while
| Green Kimmons, aged thirty, went away
with Sarah Baldwin, aged twenty. /
| breaks all the records OF runaways.
ST. MAEY's COMMENCEMENT.
The closing exercises OF st. Mary
lSchool, in this city, were held to-day. a
has been stated, the commencement wa
| this wear quiet affair. There are fOu
graduates. Miss Henrietta II. SmedeS. o
this city, was the valedictorian. She tool
| Grst distinction in mathematics and music
| The other three graduates were Misses Eliza
beth w. Mclean, Of South Carolina; f
lP. Mayhem, OF Tennessee, and Kate ]
Gregory, Of Crowells, n. {. The usua
concert was not given this year. Tn
school is very prosperous, and has q larg'
attendance from all over the South.
THE QUESTION OF BEER.
Heretofore the sale of beer has been for
hidden in "dry" towns. At first the sal
! Of wine, even native wine, was not per
mitled. a test case was made and 1t wa
decided that native wine could he sold
| Now the statement is made that beer vii
be sold and test cases made up. The dlctun
Of the Supreme Court in the matter (lt wa
not decision) was published in to-day
Dispatch. Evidently the Supreme Cour
classes beer with wine-as not under tn
|
ban.
| TRINITY COLLEGE.